Net food imports for rice (broken) are calculated by subtracting a country's export quantity from its import quantity, sourced from FAOSTAT trade data. This metric serves as a proxy for national vulnerability to fluctuations in global food prices. The dataset is compiled by the Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) team using World Bank data.
Use Cases
- Modeling a country's food_security_vulnerability index based on its net_imports metric for rice.
- Analyzing temporal trends in trade_balance for rice to correlate with global_price data.
- Classifying countries as net_importers or net_exporters of rice using annual import and export levels.
- Forecasting future trade_flows for rice based on historical net_imports time-series data.
Strengths
- Data derived from FAOSTAT, a major authoritative database for food and agriculture statistics.
- Provides a specific, calculated proxy metric (net imports) for analyzing food security.
Limitations
- The dataset scope is limited to a single crop type (rice, broken).
- Underlying import and export column data and temporal coverage are unspecified.
- Sample size, row count, and data completeness are unknown.
Provenance
- Source
- FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and Livestock Products), processed by the Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) and hosted by the World Bank.
- Collection Method
- Net food imports calculated by subtracting export quantity (tonnes) from import quantity (tonnes).
- Time Range
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- Freshness
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- Geography
- Country-level, but specific country coverage is unknown.